Building a social media holidays calendar for your brand is a great and creative starting point for businesses who want to create engaging and relevant content for their target audience to build brand awareness.
Adding social media holidays into your content calendar can be a very effective way of celebrating those special days together with your target audience, thus boosting engagement and customer loyalty.
January Holiday Calendar 2022
January is a time for new beginnings and falls just after the holiday period. Naturally, this month is power-packed with various holidays where clients can improve their social media reach.
Brands can utilise this period to publish engaging content around the holidays thereby enhancing their social presence.
1st January: New Year’s Day
10th January: Clean of Your Desk Day
12th January: National Youth Day
13th January: National Sticker Day
13th January: Lohri
14th January: Pongal
14th January: Makar Sankrati
16th January: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20th January: Cheese Lovers Day
25th January: Opposite Day
26th January: Republic Day
29th January: National Puzzle Day
February Holiday Calendar 2022
We will begin this month with Cancer Day and go through World Nutella Day and Safer Internet Day. Mix and match a few holidays to suit your social media goals.
4th February: World Cancer Day
5th February: World Nutella Day
8th February: Safer Internet Day
9th February: National Pizza Day
11th February: Inventors Day
13th February: Worlds Radio Day
16th February: Guru Ravidas Jayanti
19th February: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
21st February: International Mother and Presidents Day
March Holiday Calendar 2022
March is the third month of the year and comes with a number of interesting and trending holidays like International Women’s Day, Doctor’s Day, and many more.
6th March: National Dentist’s Day
8th March: International Women’s Day
14th March: Pi Day
16th March: National Freedom of Information Day
17th March: St. Patrick’s Day
19th March: Red Nose Day and Holi
20th March: International Day of Happiness
23rd March: National Puppy Day
30th March: Doctor’s Day
April Holiday Calendar 2022
April is an interesting month for all social media managers, which starts with harmless pranks like April Fools and ends with an International Dance Day. Find below some of the interesting holidays to add to your social media calendar.
1st April: April Fool Day
2nd April: Gudi Padwa
7th April: World Health Day
10th April: National Siblings Day and Rama Navami
14th April: Ambedkar Jayanti
22nd April: Earth Day
29th April: International Dance Day
May Holiday Calendar 2022
A complete list of all the May holidays not-to-be-missed to boost your content creation and help you engage better with your community on social media.
4th May: Star War Day
8th May: Mother’s Day 2022
15th May: International Day of Families
16th May: Love a Tree Day
30th May: Memorial Day
31st May: World No-Tobacco Day
June Holiday Calendar 2022
A complete list of all the May holidays not-to-be-missed to boost your content creation and help you engage better with your community on social media.
2nd June: Leave the Office Early Day
3rd June: National Donut Day
5th June: World Environment Day
13th June: International Children’s Day
19th June: Father Day
21st June: International Yoga Day and National Selfie Day
30th June: social media Day
July Holiday Calendar 2022
It’s the second month of summer and comes with lots of great opportunities to celebrate World Emoji Day, UFO Day, Independence Day, and many more to show your brand’s stand on these holidays and hashtags on your channels.
1st July: National Chartered Accountant Day
2nd July: World UFO Day
7th World Chocolate Day
9th July: Eid al-Adha
11th July: World Population Day
13th July: Guru Purnima
17th July: World Emoji Day
21st July: Get to Know your Customers Day
24th July: Parent’s Day
28th July: World Nature Conversation Days
August Holiday Calendar 2022
The last month of summer august is a hot month on social media filled with opportunities for your brand to create interesting content around holidays like International Friendship Day, Indian Independence, National Book Lovers Day, and many more.
7th August: International friendship Day
9th August: National Book Lovers Day
12th August: International Youth Day
15th August: Indian Independence Day
19th August: World Humanitarian Day
24th August: National Waffle Day
25th August: National Dog Day
September Holiday Calendar 2022
Make your brand stand out on social media around events like Teacher’s Day, Stand Up to Cancer Day, World Tourism Day, and many more.
1st September: National Wildlife Day
5th September: Teacher’s Day
10th September: Stand up to Cancer Day
17th September: National Dance Day
26th September: National Pancake Day
27th September: World Tourism Day
October Holiday Calendar 2022
Engage with your social media audience around holidays dedicated to coffee, food, animals, and, of course, Halloween. Here is a list of the interesting holidays to make creative around.
1st October: International Coffee Day
8th October: Indian Air Force Day
10th October: World Mental Health Day
14th October: National Dessert Day
16th October: World Food Day
20th October: Get to Know to Your Customers Day
24th October: United Nations Day
31st October: Halloween
November Holiday Calendar 2022
Check out some interesting social media holidays to boost your content marketing efforts in the second last month of the year.
2nd November: National Stress Awareness Day
8th November: National Cappuccino Day
13th November: World Kindness Day
14th November: National Entrepreneur Day
15th November: National Students Day
17th November: International Men’s Day
19th November: World Television Day
21st November: Thanksgiving Day
December Holiday Calendar 2022
Prepare your social media strategy for success in December 2022 with holidays like National Cookie Day, Human Rights Day, as well as Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
4th December: National Cookie Day
10th December: Human Rights Day and Nobel Prize Day
25th December: Christmas Day
29th December: Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
31st December: New Year’s Eve
Conclusion: Including social media holidays in your social media content calendar is one of the efficient ways to build engagement with your target audience and stay connected with your existing online community.
